Alcee Hastings

Jeb Bush and Hillary Clinton will appear together next week on the same stage at the same event for the first time since both became presidential candidates. And it will happen in Fort Lauderdale. Style will be scrutinized as much as substance. Body language and rhetorical back-and-forth between Bush and Clinton could be the precursor to what many see as the likely 2016 general election campaign. Lured by the chance to sell themselves to thousands of African-American business and community leaders from throughout the country, the appearances by five presidential hopefuls before the National Urban League Convention will provide insights into how they will attempt to court black voters...

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